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endangerment

/en-deyn-jeyr/US // ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr //UK // (ɪnˈdeɪndʒə) //

濒危,濒危性,危害性,危害

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to expose to danger; imperil: It was foolish to endanger your life in that way.

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Examples

  • Approving new developments in highly wildfire-prone areas not only puts new residents at risk, it also endangers nearby communities.

  • These endangered primates live in the forest on China’s Hainan Island.

  • One of its many delays was caused by the need to resettle some endangered lizards, which set everything back by a year and a half.

  • Between habitat loss, pesticides, and possibly climate change, monarchs may soon be added to the endangered species list.

  • Despite the economic benefits, some New Mexico state legislators have tried to block the storage facility, citing concerns that it would endanger public safety and other industries.

  • Instead, Kolko received a plea deal that allowed him to plea guilty to child endangerment.

  • Now their son has been taken from them and they face criminal charges of neglect and child endangerment.

  • They charged him with reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, a long list of charges.

  • They were arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on charges of burglary, reckless endangerment and jumping from a structure.

  • Officers later found her at her South Los Angeles home and attempted to arrest her for child endangerment.

  • Leaning far over the counter, to the endangerment of her balance, his employer gave him a smart cuff.

  • Contemporaneous history shows that their endangerment proceeded from the statutes against vagrancy.

  • Every seeming diminution of it was felt to be a disastrous endangerment of the knowledge of the people.